Benitez’ Message To His Newcastle Players Is Simplicity Itself

Rafa Benitez is nothing if not pragmatic and all he thinks of doing is putting a match plan together for the next games that pinpoints the opposing team’s strengths and weaknesses.

Newcastle will attack those weaknesses and plan to defend well against their strengths.

Rafa wants to win every game and if we do that at some point we will gain automatic promotion and have enough games left to overtake Brighton to win the league and be promoted as Champions.

That would be perfect.

Rafa Benitez – good example of giving 100% concentration during a game He wants his players to do that too This is what Rafa said yesterday about the mini-league of 8 games which started after the International break on April 1st.

“I said it was a mini league of eight games.” “We’ve won two and lost one now.” “Now we have to be sure we can get three points in the next game.”

“After that, we have to see where we are, but the main thing is to be sure we win our games and we are promoted.”

“And after that, we can fight for more things.” “It’s one at a time, the first thing is to get three points from this game.”

“The main thing is you control the game and you win.” “Whether you score in the first minute or last minute, I don’t care.”

“The main thing is to be solid and then we can put them under pressure.”

So Rafa, as he has said all season. simply wants his players to concentrate on the next game and how we can win it.

If Newcastle can win the next three games and the Terriers also win their next three games we will be promoted on Monday 24th April at home Preston – which would be our third win in three games.

That would be very acceptable and it could come sooner if Huddersfield drop points and we keep winning.

I can see Perez starting as our loan striker tonight, been watching our defeat of Leeds at their ground, and gayle being used as a poacher and scoring two goals. Murphy on the bench. So my line up for tonigh will include Colback who played quite well.hanley, and gouffram. A close game with us winning 1-0

Martoon from earlier, Oh yeah!!! So we’re one quality player away from playing more attacking football with two striker’s Thanks for pointing that out. Not sure how other teams manage then but we’ll not go into that. Rafa has his style and that’s the way he plays, he may go more attacking late in the game. I’m not saying he isn’t a quality manager just he has one style.

toonkk On the day we achieve promotion, whenever that may be, will you be full of joy and celebrate like there’s no tomorrow…or will your overriding feeling be that we should have done better and attacked teams more?

Munster, unless you know something nobody else does, you’re wrong. This is what Rafa said about Arma. ‘He’s a very good player with a great future in the game. But it would be unfair to ask a teenager to shoulder the responsibility of getting a team promoted. I want to use experienced players this season, so I want him to go out on loan to get more experience’. That’s not me saying it, or WWSBRD, or anybody else. That’s from the horses mouth. So unless I hear different from Rafa, I assume nothing’s changed.

Beating myself up? Nah.. Guess people derive their pleasure from being a supporter in different ways? You call it ‘pointing out a few home truths’. I call it whingeing non stop (despite us being in the automatic promotion spots, scoring hatfuls of goals, having performed a minor miracle in turning round a tailspinning disaster of a club in less than one whole season) But hey, opinions eh?

Different managers play different ways. Rafa’s way is generally 4231 and no amount of gnashing of teeth and wailing will alter that. That’s what he assembled the team for – those tactics. Unless it fails, he’s not going to change it. It hasn’t failed, we’re second and clear, why would he change? It’s his neck on the line. He sets a team up to get the results his way, not yours. If we fail, you will have your moment of glory, but it simply isn’t going to happen. Next season might be different. We have to wait and see obviously. He bought players to play HIS system. He knows their strengths and weaknesses. He knows what he’s doing, he’s the best manager we’ve ever had and ironically in the second tier. Promotion was his target and promotion is on the cards. Pretty football doesn’t succeed in this league often and he’s playing the percentages. Stop bleating, try enjoying it, because next season will be so much harder. If we go up on GD, he will have succeeded. If he changes a winning formula and it doesn’t work, he would rightfully be hammered. Trust the man ffs.

Sing don’t worry mate, there’s more to my life than fkin football. Just like to be entertained, when Rafa was at Real Madrid alot of there fans were happy with the results but not the style of football.

Toonkk Ah that’s ok then. Right, happy Easter all, off to the toon to begin the build up to what could be a very tasty game. Howay the lads!! (Oh and Preston…pull ya finger oot, and Wolves, do your duty!)

Catchy, the points isn’t though matey. Huddersfield ain’t catching us up either way, points or GD. I still think we’ll win the league,but will happily take second place. A win tonight pretty much does the job, so stay calm, deep breaths and enjoy it. Doesn’t matter what anybody else does if we keep winning – we go up. Bit of late season excitement doesn’t hurt anybody. Doesn’t matter either way anyway, my ST will be renewed regardless of what league we’re in. My love is unconditional. Too late to change a habit of a lifetime now. 🙂

Agree again, but I think I had enough excitement since last seasons final few games to now. Was hoping to sit back and blow smoke rings for the last few games. True, we watch football for the excitement, but I would have liked a rest. It is this anxiety that we keep seeing in so many post. Anxiety=negativity

toontaff, That year we got promoted I decided I’d about £100 on 4-0 every home hame at odds of around 28’s. After getting beat off Stoke and Blackpool at home I lost my bottle. That season afterwards we were 4-0 up against 5under1and, W Ham and Wolves, I’d have been about 1.7K down and a nervous disposition. Poignantly that season, a Pardew (Hughton really) team scored four goals twice that season, his teams scored more than three only three more times in the next four years.

Hail, it’s typical of this league. Before the break I said on here it will go right down the wire and there’ll be some crazy results before it finishes. That’s nowt to do with me having a crystal ball or being insightful, it’s just Championship football all over. We’ll do enough to go up imo and then the hard works begins. Teams are tiring, injuries kicking in and nerves are taking effect. Gonna be fun but we’ll come out smiling.

Can’t beat a nervous state of affairs though. 🙂 Makes you know you’re alive. I see the dodgy four officials are all sitting at home again today. I still wonder about that. How on earth can all four get it so wrong? Basic laws of the game. Maybe the FA are checking their betting habits!

Just pop out to get some diesel for the car, then watch the first half of the Brighton game. Then of course drive into Newcastle and watch the game. Much easier than the three hour drive from Chesterfield I had to do before moving back up here. 🙂 Happy days.

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